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Patented Oct. 9, 1883.

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\ UNITED STATES PATENT Erica THOMAS E. ELLERBEOK AND ALBERT o. YOUNG, OFsALT LAKE CITY,

` UTAH TERRITORY.

Hose AND ROPE nei-1|..y

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,4C'8, dated October9, 1883.

VA pplicnton Glcd July 10. 1883.

.To titl whom, it may concern):

Bc it known that we, THOMAS R. Y nnen and ALBERT C. YOUNG, both of SaltLake Gi ty, in the county of Salt Lake and Ter- 5 ritory of Utah, haveinvented a new and Iniproved Hose and Rope Reel, of which the followingis a full, clear,'and exact description.

The object of our invention is to provide a new and. improved reel forhose, rope, Ste., in which the hose or rope is wound automatically.

The invention consists in a hose or rope reel containing a spring whichis coiled by the unwiuding of the rope or hose7 which spring 15 winds upthe hose or rope as soon as it is released. To prevent overwinding ofthis spring or nnwinding it too far, we have arranged the drum to travelon its axis kand strike against checks, after making sufficientrevolutions to tighten the spring as much as may he necessary.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specication, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation of our improved hose andrope reel. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the saine. Fig. 3 isa crosssectionalelevation of the same on the line :u Fig. l.

A shaft, A, is fixed between two side bars, B, of a hose-carriage orother suitable frame.

One end of the shaft is left plain and the other A end isscrew-threaded.

A drum or reel, C, the length of which is less than the distance betweenthe bars B, is

loosely mounted on the shaft A, the edge of they aperture in one endpiece being screw-threaded, so as to engage with the screw-thread on theshaft A, thereby causing the drum to travel longitudinallyT on the'shaftat the saine time while revolving. The shaft A is provided with acheck-collar, D, to limit the movement of the drum on the shaft inthedirection of the length of the latter. y

A coil-spring, E, wound around the shaft A, has one end secured to thesaid shaft, and the other end is held loosely on a rod, F, uniting theend pieces of the reel near the edges of the (Model.)

saine. The spring Eis held between twoplates,

with the reel or drum.

The end pieces of the drum are provided with' handle-pieces H forholding the hose or rope in position on the drum. A ratchet-wheel, J,loosely mounted on the shaft A, is provided with two pintl es, K, whichpass loosely through one of the end pieces of the drinn, sothat if thedrum is revolved the ratchet-wheel J willrevolve with it. A pawl, L,pivoted to one of the side bars, B, has/its free end pressed against theteeth of the ratchet-wheel by a spiral spring, M, surrounding a rod, N,provided with a handle-piece, O, a. one end and fastened to they pawl atthe opposite end. The spring M is held between the pawl and a guideloop,l?, on the side bar, B. Y

The operation is as follows: The reel is first wound by hand until thespring is tightened. Then the hose is attached to the reel, which isreleased, whereby the hose is wound on it. The hose is then coupled tothe hydrant, and the hose-cart is drawn to the desired place, and thenozzle Q of the hose is removed from the reel or druin, and is used tosprinkle or deliver a stream, &c.'` By unwinding the hose, which is doneif one end of the hose is fastened and the reel is drawn from thehydrant to which the hose is coupled, the reel or drinn will be turnedin such a manner as to wind up or coil the spring E tightly. At thesaine time the reel travels in the direction toward the ratchetwheel,and one end piece strikes the end of the thread or the ratchet-wheel,and this stops the revolving movement of the reel and preventsoverwinding of the spring.V lf the hose is to be wound on the reel ordrum, the nozzle end of the hose is held on the reel by one of theclamps provided for this purpose, the` B. The cart is then pushed backto the hydrant to which the other end of the hose is fastened, and asthe spring E uncoils it winds the hose `on the reel nicely, evenly, andrapidly. This carries the drum hack to the collar 2 Y ,I lessaies D, andprevents unwinding the spring too far, l drum C, the collar D, thespring E, the plates thereby preventing any break age of the spring.

The above-described reel can be used for ropes, 85e., as Well as forhose, and can be used for the smallest garden-hose and the largestlire-hose.

Ve do not` abandon or dedicate to the puby lic any patentable featureset forth herein and patent that may be granted upon this appli-`cation, or in other applications for Letters Iat-` ent that We may make.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A reel provided With a spring which i w ound or coiled by unwindingthe hose or rope from the reel, which reel is adapted to travellongitudinally on its shaft, substantially as her ein shown anddescribed.

2. In a reel, the combination, with a shaft having one endscrew-threaded, of a drinn mounted loosely on the said shaft andengaging With the screw-thread, and of a spring connected with the shaftand drum, and adapted to be coiled while the rope or hose is beingunwound from the drum, substantially as herein G, and the rod F,substantially as herein shown and described.

5. In a reel, the combination, with a shaft, of a drum mounted looselyand adapted to travel longitudinally on the same, a ratchet- Wheelloosely mounted on the dru1n,'and of pintles or rods projecting from theratchetwheel into one end of the drum, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

6. In a reel, the combination, With the shaft A, of the drum C on thesame, the spring` E, the ratchet-Wheel J, the pintles K, extending fromthe ratchet-wheel through one end ofthe drum, a paWl, L, and a rod, N,for withdrawing it, substantially as herein shown and described.

7. In a reel, the combination, with the shaft A, of the drum C onthesalue, the spring lil, the ratchet-Wheel J, the pawl K, the rod N,and the spring M, substantially as herein shown and described.

8. In a reel, the combination, with the shaft A, of the drum C on thesame, the spring E, the ratchet-wheel K, the pawl L, the rod N, thespring M, the handle-loop O, and the stud S, substantially as hereinshown and described.

d THOMAS R.. ELLERBECK. y ALBERT (l. YOUNG.

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Jas. Jaun, NEPHI W. CLAYroN.

